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15 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

Abbreviations & 

Acronyms Explanations

ACM Asbestos-Containing Materials 

ACS American Community Survey

ADT average daily traffic

af acre-feet

AFY acre-feet per year

APE area of potential effects

APN Assessor’s Parcel Number 

AQMD Air Quality Management District

ASR Archaeological Survey Report

ASTM International (formerly known as the American Society for Testing ASTM and Materials) 

ATP Archaeological Treatment Plan 

Authority California High-Speed Rail Authority

BETP Built Environment Treatment Plan

BMP best management practice

BNSF Railway (formerly known as Burlington Northern Santa Fe BNSF Railway) 

Btu British thermal unit

BOR Bureau of Reclamation

C&D construction and demolition

C.F.R. Code of Federal Regulations

CAA Clean Air Act

CAAQS California Ambient Air Quality Standards

CAISO California Independent System Operator

Caltrans California Department of Transportation

CARB California Air Resources Board

CCR California Code of Regulations

CDFA California Department of Food and Agriculture 

CDFW California Department of Fish and Wildlife

CDMG California Division of Mines and Geology

CEC California Energy Commission

CEQA California Environmental Quality Act
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California Geological Survey CGS

CHSTS California High Speed Train System

CIA Community Impact Assessment

CNDDB California Natural Diversity Database

CNPS California Native Plant Society

COG Council of Government

CPUC California Public Utilities Commission

CRHR California Register of Historical Resources

CUPA Certified Unified Program Agency 

CVFP Central Valley Flood Protection Board

Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board CVRWQCB

CWHR California Wildlife Habitat Relationship System

dBA A-weighted decibel(s) 

dBA Leq A-Weighted Decibels Equivalent Continuous Noise Level 

California Department of Conservation DOC

DOGGR California Department of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources

EDR Environmental Data Resources, Inc.

Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement EIR/EIS

electromagnetic compatibility EMC

Electromagnetic Compatibility Program Plan EMCPP

electromagnetic field EMF

electromagnetic interference EMI

Environmental Site Assessment ESA

Fresno To Bakersfield Locally Generated Alternative F-B LGA

Federal Communications Commission FCC

Federal Register Fed. Reg.

Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA

Federal Highway Administration FHWA

Flood Insurance Rate Map FIRM

FMMP Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program 

Farmland Security Zone FSZ

FTA Federal Transit Administration 

GAMAQI Guide for Assessing and Mitigating Air Quality Impacts

GHG Greenhouse Gas
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GIS Geographic Information System

GWh gigawatt-hour 

HASR Historic Architectural Survey Report

HCM Highway Capacity Manual

HMF Heavy Maintenance Facility

HPSR Historic Property Survey Report 

HSR High-Speed Rail

HV High Voltage

Hz hertz

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

in/sec Inches Per Second

KVP key viewpoint

Ldn day-night sound level, dBa 

LEDPA Least Environmentally Damaging Practicable Alternative

LEP limited English proficiency 

Leq Equivalent Sound Level, dBa 

LOMR Letter of Map Revision

LOS level of service 

LWCF Land and Water Conservation Fund

MBHCP Metropolitan Bakersfield Habitat Conservation Plan

mG milligauss

MMBtu million British thermal unit

MMEP Mitigation Monitoring and Enforcement Plan

MOA memorandum of agreement

MOIF maintenance of infrastructure facilities

MPE maximum permissible exposure

MSAT mobile-source air toxics

NAAQS National Ambient Air Quality Standards

NAC Noise Abatement Criteria

NEPA National Environmental Policy Act

NHPA National Historic Preservation Act of 1966

NOA naturally occurring asbestos

NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

NPS National Park Service
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NRCS Natural Resources Conservation Service 

NRHP National Register of Historic Places

NSR Noise Study Report 

O&M Operations and Maintenance

OCC Operation Control Center

OEHHA California office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment

OHP California Office of Historic Preservation 

OHWM Ordinary High Water Mark

PA programmatic agreement

PCB polychlorinated biphenyls 

PEC potential environmental concern 

PEPD Preliminary Engineering for Project Definition

PG&E Pacific Gas and Electric 

PIM public information meeting

PPV peak particle velocity

PRMMP Paleontological Resource Monitoring and Mitigation Plan 

PRS paleontological resource specialist 

PTE permission to enter

RF radio frequency

RFI radio-frequency interference

ROW right-of-way

RTP Regional Transportation Plan

SB (California) Senate Bill

SEL sound exposure level 

SFHA Special Flood-Hazard Areas

SHPO State Historic Preservation Office(R)

SIL Significant Impact Level

SJVAB San Joaquin Valley Air Basin

SJVAPCD San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District

SR State Route

SSJVIC San Joaquin Valley Information Center

STB Surface Transportation Board

SVP Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 

SWPPP Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans
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SWRCB State Water Resources Control Board

TAC toxic air contaminants

TATR Transportation Analysis Technical Report 

TCP traditional cultural property

TMDL total maximum daily load

TOD transit-oriented development 

TPSS traction power substation

TRIP Thomas Roads Improvement Program

TSP tubular steel poles

TWG Technical Working Groups

U.S. United States

U.S. DOI United States Department of the Interior

U.S. DOT United States Department of Transportation

U.S.C. United States Code

UPRR Union Pacific Railroad

USACE United States Army Corps of Engineers

USDA United States Department of Agriculture 

USEO United States Executive Order

USEPA United States Environmental Protection Agency

USFWS United States Fish and Wildlife Service

USGS United States Geological Survey

USSOI United States Secretary of the Interior

VdB vibration velocity level 

VERA Voluntary Emission Reduction Agreement

VFHCP Valley Floor Habitat Conservation Plan

VMT vehicle miles traveled
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